A table for two

Race through the vines. With living only an hour and a half from the lower Hunter Valley, I should have no reason not to visit this wine region more often. But you know what they say, you don’t normally visit your own backyard as there’s always another opportunity, and that opportunity finally happened. An invitation [...]

“A unique Mongolian marination, sprinkled with the Uighur special spicy chilli powder, then grilled with top quality Indonesian charcoals”, written in Chinese on the paper mat provided, these BT Monster Crazy Wings are not to be messed with! The inhumane hotness leaves both Helen and I flapping our hands like two helpless chooks, trying to [...]

Sadly soggy, oily, yucky. A disturbingly oily pork mince pastry is the last dish to arrive at our table and no one dares to touch it. I brace myself and pick a slice up with my chopsticks, its soggy bottom threatens to split and the filling inside almost become a table wipe. With quick thinking [...]

Listen up Sydney, we need more restaurants that open late for supper please. It seems like a common dilemma for most Sydneysiders who are looking for a meal after 10pm but find themselves with no where to go. Living in Sydney amid the cultural melting pot with an amazing array of restaurants but somehow still [...]

I can never get tired looking at a big slab of pork spare rib on my blog. After visiting the Shin Yokohoma Raumen Museum in Japan last year, I was convinced that I will never find another bowl of ramen that is as good as the one I’ve had in the museum. However, looks like [...]

Why is it so difficult to find a restaurant that opens after 10pm in Sydney CBD? I find it hard to believe that Sydney is a big city yet there are not many restaurants that open late. Friends from overseas laughed at me when I told them the shopping malls here in Australia closed at [...]

[This restaurant is no long in business] There’s one time as I walked past this place after dinner, I totally did a double-take and had to turn back; standing outside for a good 10 seconds wondering what this place was. At that point, I was totally convinced that it is an underground night club runs [...]

“Honey, I’m home!” Hello everyone, it’s good to be back! Needless to say I had such great time eating my way around Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos for four weeks. I can see why Anthony Bourdain fell in love with these countries and the local food. There are simply an endless array of amazing exotic [...]

One dish after another, a carnivore’s dream comes true. On another hand, the way how I was brought up, always told by my parents to just have a little of each dish to go with a big mouthful of steamed rice. On this occasion, I have to make exceptions. Whenever I dine with the two [...]

“I think I know which one is the bomb,” says the hungry digital elf confidently. He picks one of the six salmon sushi off the plate and put in his mouth. No doubt he is safe. One down, five more to go – the sushi roulette continues until one of us put a bullet into [...]

Our little FOFO group decided to go and check out the Young Blood Designers Market at Powerhouse Museum. But to tell you the truth, it was all just another excuse to get together for some hot steamy dumplings at Zilver restaurant. Usually yum cha places do not take bookings, always a first come first served [...]